I’ve been trying to read up a bit not just on newborn/infant care but on parenting in general. This book was suggested to me by a friend at work, who I will refer to as Q., because that is not his first initial. Q. related the following exchange: Q. is reading Unconditional Parenting in bed [...]
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Book Review: Unconditional Parenting
February 9, 2010Book Review: NurtureShock
January 4, 2010I first learned about this book from my sister, Megan. I later read an exerpt from the book published as a magazine article, and I knew I’d need to read the rest. Like a lot of popular science books (and as the reader is warned in the title itself), this volume is intended to shock [...]
Book Review: The Cuckoo’s Egg
August 17, 2009The Cuckoo’s Egg by Clifford Stoll. Here is the story of how I came to read The Cuckoo’s Egg: I purchased it at a library book sale because it looked interesting, tossed it in a box because I didn’t have time to read it, and promptly forgot about it. Then I got married, and we [...]
Book Review: When You Are Engulfed in Flames
April 13, 2009When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. When I picked up this book at the library, I knew precisely two things about David Sedaris. He occasionally wrote essays for This American Life. His sister Amy Sedaris was in a commercial with a lot of rabbits. Also, I discovered a third fact about him [...]
Another book review-Three Cups of Tea
March 19, 2009We read quite a bit I guess and clearly have not much else about which to blog these days. After I finished catching myself up on “television that you read” books (I know it’s not mentally stimulating, but so entertaining!), I threw myself full force into a book I began on the plane way back in December. [...]
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
March 2, 2009The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. (Book Website.) There are books you read because you see them on the shelf and think hey, that could be interesting and pick it up. And then there are books that you read because you keep hearing about them from everyone else who has read them. This book [...]
Book Review: Crazy for God
January 19, 2009Welcome to the Oatmeal for Breakfast book corner. I (Jonathan) will attempt to use this space to review some of the books I’ve read, if they are, in fact, worth reviewing. This one was. Crazy for God: How I Grew Up As One Of The Elect, Helped Found The Religious Right, And Lived To Take [...]